Combined headrest and container



ma! 2.2 1930 w. M'. TURNBACH 1,771,152

COIBINED HEADREST AND CONTAINER Filed lay 21,y 1929 gwuahtoc Patented July 22, 193() UNITED STAT WILLIAM M. TURNBACH, orkpHAZLETON,"'rENNsYLvANIA COMBINED nnnnnnsr AND CONTAINER Application led May 2.1,

It is the present day practice amongst many morticians when embalming a body to dispose of the veinous drainage and viscera as waste in various ways. This practice is very seriously objectionable on the part of many Christian people, who maintain that such drainage and viscera as part of the body should be dealt with as such, and consequently preserved and buried with the latter.

Therefore, the present invention has for its chief characteristic the provision of means for carrying this desired practice into eect. In accordance with the present invention I therefore contemplate the provision of a combined drainage and viscera container and head rest, designed to be conveniently arranged within the casket, and wholly concealed from view beneath the pillow.

In carrying out the invention I make use of a divided container for the reception of the drainage and viscera together with means for sealing the container air tight, the entire structure being designed to nicely fit within the casketfor use in the capacity of a head rest.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is read in connection with l the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

Before entering into a detail description of what is herein shown, I desire to have it understood that the same is merely illustrative of one embodiment of the invention and that such changes may be made or resorted iezaus'erialNo. 364,853.

to as fall within the scope of what is claimed. Consequently, the v4container illustrated may be .constructed'of glass, metal or any other suitable material, and may also vary in size and coniiguration without departing from the spirit of the invention. Howeven the container is herein shown as constructed ofmetal, and includes a bottom 10, top" wall 11, a straight rear wall 12, an inclined front wall 18, and end wallsA 14 of glass or other transparent material. The contents of the container can be viewed through the end walls 14, which are preferably graduated as vat 15 to indicate the quantity or. amount of the drainage and Vviscera taken from the body. The Vcontainer is dividedinto compartments 16 and 170i relatively different dimensions, by a partition 18. The `former and smaller compartment is for the reception of the veinous drainage, while the latter and larger` compartment is adapted to receive the viscera. The compartment 16 receives its contents through a filling opening in the top wall A11, and is subsequently closed air tight by a suitable closure, herein shown as a cap 19. The compartment 17 is provided A with a similar but considerably larger opening'20 from which rises an interiorly threaded neck portion 21. This opening is also sealed inany suitablemanner, preferablyby means of a iiangedcap122 adapted to be threaded into said neck portion. As illustrated, this cap 22 is also providedwith a central opening 23 fromwhichrisesa threadedi'neckQ- adapted to be closed air tight by a suitable cap 25. r1`hi`s auxiliary opening 23 is to permitany `excess drainage from the aspirator to be deposited into `the compartment 17 after the same hasrbeen closed by the cap 22. f

The container is supported in an upright position for use in any suitable manner, preferably by a substantially U-shaped wire element 26. Secured to the rear wall 12 is a bearing member 27 which receives the offset extremities of the element 26 as shown in Figure 3, Ywhereby said supporting element is mounted for pivotal movement. Consequently the supporting element'can be arranged to hold the container upright, but when the latioo ter is to be used as a head rest, as illustrated in Figure 4, the element 26 can be swung against the rear Wall 12, or it can and preferably is removed from its bearing 27 by simply spreading the limbs of said element as will be readily understood.

After the container has received its contents, and is properly sealed, its contour which is substantially V-shaped in cross section, permits of its use as a head rest. Therefore, the container is placed Within the cas-y ket, and subsequently covered and entirely concealed from view by a pillow 29. In this manner, the above referred to drainage and viscera as true parts of the body is buried with the latter.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention Will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood, that I do not limit myself to What is herein shown and described and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall Within the scope of what is claimed.

Vhat is claimed is:

Al. A sanitary container for morticians, for the reception of the blood and viscera removed from the body during the process of einbalming, means for sealing said container airtight, and an inclined Wall for said container to provide a casket head rest.

2. A sanitary container for morticians including separate compartments, for the reception of the blood and viscera removed from the body during the process of einbalm ing, each compartment having an opening, an air-tight closure for each opening, one of said closures having an auxiliary opening therein to receive excess drainage from the aspirator, and an air-tight closure for the last mentioned opening.

3. A sanitary container for mort-icians including separate compartments for the reception o f the blood and viscera removed from the body during the process of embalming, each compartment having an opening, an airtight closure for each opening, one of said closures having an auxiliary opening therein to receive excess drainage from the aspirator, an air-tight closure for the last mentioned opening, and an inclined Wall for the said container to provide a casket head rest.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

WILLIAM M. TURNBACH. 

